Municipal-service post.



0. D. KLEINSTEUBER.

MUNICIPAL SERVICE POST.

APPLICATION man ocr. so. 19144 Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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0. D. KLEINSTEUBER. MUNICIPAL SERVICE POST.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 30, 1914.

OSCAR D. KLEINSTEUBER, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 ALEXANDER L.

DOELGER, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MUNrcIrAL-snnvicn ros'r.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nec. as, i915.

Application led October 30, 1914. Serial No. 869,393.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, OSCAR D. KLEIN- s'rnUnR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and Stateof Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMunicipal-Service Posts; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof. i

My invention consists in whatis herein particularly set .forth withreference to the `accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims'of this specification, its object beingfto provide-economical all metalmunicip'aI-:service posts of advantageous constr otioii lby whichtofacilitate their erec- `tio and handling, as well as accessto hol- Y`las ephone apparatus, and telephone apparav "lo sections of the same;one of said sections "each post being preferably organized for y:tli'installation therein of `separately acces- "r-alarm apparatus, policesignal and tu "for the use of municipal oicials and` empllf'oyeesjv ingeneral.

lFigures 1 and 2 of the drawings are respectively-indicated by lines 1-1and 2--2 inFig. 3, and each represents a half sectional sideelevation ofone of my improved municipal service boxes; Figs. 3 and 4 representhorizontal sectional views respectively indicated by lines 3-3 and 4 4in Fig. 1; Fig. 5, .represents a similar view indicated byline 5-5 inFig. 2, and Fig. 6, represents a sectional view of a detail of the postindicated by line 6-6 in Figs. 2 and 5.

All the matching sections of the herein described post are ofcast-metal, four sided and hollow, their general exterior ornamentalshaft-section 8 and this shaft-section is fastened by screws 13 to avertical upper flange 14 of the base, the joint being weathertight. Aportion of one side of the base and of the shaft-section 8 is aremovable panel 15 that sets in against vertical facing flanges 16adjacent to an openingin said base and shaft sections to excludemoisture. The

panel 15 is provided with lower inner hooks 17 that pass throughinterruptions 18 of the flanges 16 and catch on said flanges, as is bestshown in Figs. 1 and 6, the upper end of s aid panel being fastened byascrew 19 agalnst a facing flange 20v in the shaft-section 8. Tofacilitate manipulation of said panel, the same is provided with anoutwardly open socket 21 in which to engage the hand of an operator.

The upper end of the shaft-section 8 abuts a continuous horizontalflange 22 in the upper shaft-section 9, the joint of the twoshaft-sections being weather-tight, and said shaftsections are suitablyfastened together, the fastening means shown being screws 23 extendingthrough inner ears 24: and the flange 22 of the shaft-section 9 intowalls of the shaft-section 8.. w

The box-.sectionl is set on the upper shaft-section 9, the joint beingweathertight, and the two are suitably fastened together, the fasteningmeans shown being screws 25 extending through a continuous horizontalinner flange 26 of the box into ears 27 of said shaft-section. Threesides of the box are shown open, and the openings are closed by doors28, 29, 30, in hinge-connection with said box and provided with locks28, 29 and 30', respectively. Over each opening, the vbox isprovidedwith a weather shedding hood 31 that is shown held in place byscrews 32, and each door closes lweather-tight in a wall depression ofsaid Set onthe upper end of the box 10 is the cap 11, the vjoint beingweather-tight, and screws 33 are shown as means for fastening said capin place. The apex of the cap is provided with a socket in which tosecure (by screw-threading or otherwise) the shank of an ornament 311 oral signal xture, such fixtures having been employed in connection withmunicipal service posts.

The box 10 is shown provided with upper and 'lower parallel webs 35crossing said box in one direction central of the same, and each web isprovided with a central vertical rib -36 and with a vertical flange 37at a terminal of the rib: A fire-alarm box 38 is fastened to the flanges37 of the webs 35 to be accessible througha doorway in the box 10 of thepost, and opposite backings apparatus, are held in place within said boxby bolting through the ribs 36 of the same, a set of bolts 39 withwashers and nuts thereon being shown in Fig. 1.

One of the backings 38 in the post-box 10 is designed for the support oftelephone and signal apparatus for the exclusive use of a municipalpolice force, and the other of said backings is intended for the supportof telephone apparatus for the use of various municipal oiiicials andemployees to communicate with various municipal departments through asuitably located central station, access to the fire-alarm, policeservice and general service apparatus being had through dili'erentdoorways of said postbox.

.ing been removed and electrical connections broken, the post and itscontents may be readily moved off its site to permit of uncoveringelectric conductor conduits or other work about said site, the moving ofsaid post being easily accomplished by two men, whereas a gang of men isrequired to remove an ordinary intact municipal service post from itssite. A y

Itwill be observed that the shaft section 8 has its upper endtelescopically connected,

with the depending base portion of the connecting section 9, and thatsaid connecting section 9 has its upper end telescopically connectedwith the depending base portion of the box section 10. Such connectionsare made rigid by meansr of the screws 23 and 25 and the flanges 22 and26. This manner of connecting the sections is a Weatherproof one, andalso permits the sections to be readily separated by releasing thescrews 23 and 25.

I claim:

l. A municipal signaling station Jformed -in sections one a sectionthereof provided with inner upper and lower horizontal webs eachprovided with a vertical rib and with a vertical flange at a terminal ofthe rib,'a fire-alarm box fastened to said anges, bolts extendingthrough said ribs, and4 opposite backings of telephone and signalapparatus fastened on the bolts, the lire-alarm box and otherapparatuses being accessible through separate openings in the sectionfor which closures are provided.

2. A structure of the class described com-i i 5 prising a plurality ofsuperimposed hollow sections the uppermost of which forms a receivingcompartment and is provided with door openings, doors for said openingsand means disposed inthe interiors of the sections for locking theirmeeting ends together A 'whereby the sections may be disconnected onlyupon access being had through said compartment doors:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, inthepresence of two witnesses.

OSCAR D. KLEINSTEUBER.

Witnesses:

H. E. OLIPHANT, M. E. DowNnY.

